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> Fake meat cannot come soon enough - poor bird was encouraged to grow in an unhealthy manner resulting in dead tissue inside it while it was still alive.

It's really interesting to me that you reached for fake meat instead of better farming practices.

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It is interesting and I believe a lot of people view this vastly differently.

I'm vegan, I've decided against the current practices. I applaud any attempt to move towards or support better practices. But I don't think eating meat from previously living creatures is for me.

But I am seriously undecided for lab meat. I don't really mind the chemical components of meat, some of them seem really useful. And no animals were harmed, it could probably be a lot more energy efficient. Also, there is the potential for serious scale I imagine, which interests me. Not sure when it could get there though.

If that happens I think "real meat" might end up being the fancy expensive stuff :)

In the long run fake meat will probably become more affordable than better farming practices with the size of our population.

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